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Female Keeled Skimmer - 2015

A Blast from the Past

January 10, 2015January 10, 2015 ChrisA 0 Comments Canon 50D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Keeled Skimmer, macro, Stack, viveza

I decided to pull one of my favourite images from 2009 and it a 2015 makeover to see if it

Atlas Moth Antenna

Atlas Moth Attenna

October 31, 2014December 20, 2014 ChrisA 0 Comments Atenna, Atlas Moth, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Focus Stacking, macro, Moth, Poppadom diffuser, Stack, Stackshot

I recently was fortunate to be given a deceased captive bred Atlas Moth to shoot an stack. The moth very

Fly on bramble leaf

Blashford September Selection

September 21, 2014January 29, 2015 Chris 0 Comments Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Common Darter, Common Froghopper, fly, Green Sheild Bug, Ladybird, Large Red Damselfly, Leatherbug, macro

This set of macro photos were taken mid September at Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve. All the shots in this post

Female Black Darter MPE-65mm (5)

Dragons Heads

September 5, 2014December 20, 2014 Chris 1 Comment Black Darter, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Dragonfly, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, macro, Thursley

Getting close to dragonflies with the Canon MPE-65mm is difficult to achieve, but if you get a subject to pose,

Male Black Darter

Thursley Common Visit

September 5, 2014September 19, 2014 Chris 1 Comment Black Darter, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Damselfly, Dragonfly, emerald damselfly, Grasshopper, Lizard, macro, Robber Fly, Thursley

Thursley Common in Surrey is a great place for shooting macro images of insects, (particularly dragon and damselflies), as well

Kung-fu fly

Dunyeats Heath and Canford Magna visit.

August 31, 2014January 29, 2015 Chris 1 Comment Canford Magna, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Damselfly, Dunyeats Heath, emerald damselfly, fly, Green Sheild Bug, macro, Speckled Bush-cricket, spider, Wasp Spider, Wolf Spider

On the Sunday of the August Bank holiday weekend the macro shooting venues were Dunyeats Heath Nature Reserve, and Canford

Crab Spider

Blashford Bughunt

August 24, 2014August 25, 2014 Chris 0 Comments ant, aphids, Blashford Lakes, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Crab Spider, Green Shield Bug, macro, Scorpion Fly

Took the MPE-65mm out for the first time in a while, to hunt for the smaller bugs at Blashford Lakes

Front and underside of Poppadom Diffuser

Equipment Technique

Poppadom Diffuser

June 28, 2014June 28, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Diffuser, flash, macro, Poppadom diffuser

Since the start of 2014, I have been experimenting with different flash diffusion setup for the MT-24ex Twin Macro flash,

Beetle Lava (Dead) Stack

Beetle Lavae Specimen Stack

June 2, 2014January 29, 2015 Chris 0 Comments Beetle Lavae, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Helicon Focus, macro, Stackshot, Topaz Denoise

Using stackshot and the Canon MPE-65mm lens I took 41 images of a beetle lavae specimen at 3x magnifications. The

Mayfly - Cloeon dipterum at about 4x Magnification

Assorted Bugs from Blashford

May 28, 2014 Chris 0 Comments ant, Aphid, Blashford Lakes, Bugs, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Froghopper, Ladybird, macro, Mayfly, Nettle Weevil, weevil

In addition to the Emperor and the Damselflies that I saw and photographed at Blashford Lakes, I also took some